I'll kill you after I finish this game!

"This is... the Tribulation of the Three Powers?"

Skadi, standing atop the Fortress of Cause and Effect, gazed upon the invisible killing power emanating from the entire Earth with her beautiful, crystal-clear eyes, and uttered the essence of this killing calamity.

The Great Sun Tathagata Sutra contains profound insights into karma, which also allowed Skadi to see through the nature of this terrifying killing intent.

The so-called Three Powers Calamity refers to the three powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Heaven unleashed its murderous intent; the seasons shifted and stars changed.

A murderous intent arises from the earth; dragons and snakes rise from the land.

When a person harbors murderous intent, the world is turned upside down.

The killing intent of heaven and earth has now been fully condensed, while the killing intent of man, which can overturn heaven and earth, is still being nurtured. Skadi is expected to be fully formed in a thousand years.

This terrifying killing intent, invisible to ordinary people and even gods, seemed to be intent on utterly destroying something.

"What a terrible thing! Who has committed such a terrible sin? The entire universe is filled with resentment and hatred, and it seems like there is no end to this."

Skadi couldn't help but sigh at this. She watched as such immense karma and calamity coalesced. Even though she knew it wasn't directed at her, the sheer force of it seemed to threaten to destroy the entire universe. No one in this universe could remain uninvolved.

Not only humans on Earth, but even the divine realm is part of this calamity; everyone either lives together or dies together.

Skadi had absolutely no idea that this was caused by Bridora; she didn't believe that guy had the ability to attract the resentment of the entire universe.

Skadi teleported through a spatial wormhole to Deus's office, and said to him with a very serious expression:

“Deus, prepare to fight to the death a thousand years from now. The myriad mantras I gave to the Eight Extremes Furnace are enough to kill Bridora, but... it seems we have an even more terrifying enemy than Bridora.”

"...What did you discover?"

Deus did not mean to distrust Skadi; ​​how could he not trust someone who was willing to sacrifice herself for the greater good?

However, Skadi said they have an even more terrifying enemy than Bridhara. Who is it?

Skadi didn't explain much about this, but instead used her power to give Deus the Heavenly Eye that could see through illusions, and applied it to their eyes.

Deus felt a cool sensation in his eyes, a refreshing feeling, but before he could fully appreciate this magical sensation, Skadi made him look outside the Causal Fortress.

Deus, unsuspecting, gazed at the cosmic starry sky beyond the Causality Fortress, and this gaze made his vision stiffen.

What did he see?

The once deep and dark universe was now a chilling and ferocious crimson in his eyes, and all these crimson particles were rapidly condensing towards the solar system.

Deus didn't sense any real threat from the crimson color, but he felt a strange sense of dread.

Although I didn't feel any power, I still had an incredibly terrifying sense of threat.

"A thousand years from now, there will be a war that will affect the entire universe."

As the endless crimson colors of the starry sky rushed towards Earth, turning the entire planet into a blood-red spectacle, Skadi couldn't imagine what kind of war would ensue a thousand years from now.

Previous wars were at most confined to the solar system, but a thousand years from now, a war will break out that will affect the birth and death of the universe.

Did Brithara feel threatened and prepare for a desperate, all-or-nothing attack?

Deus couldn't help but think about it for a moment, but quickly dismissed the idea, his intuition telling him that Bridora couldn't possibly provoke such a large-scale conflict.

Therefore, even Deus, the supreme commander of the Asgardian army, could not imagine what would happen in the war that Skadi spoke of, which would affect the entire universe.

..........

After a thousand years, the time for this cycle has finally come, and the entire divine kingdom is once again in an atmosphere of preparing for war.

And this time, thanks to Skadi's reminder, the preparations are far more serious than ever before.

Ninety-five percent of the resources of the divine kingdom are concentrated on the military.

After the Causal Fortress was equipped with the Emperor Shitian EX System and fully perfected, the huge, seemingly solemn and divine humanoid fortress had completely acquired a human form.

The former Causal Fortress only had an upper body, but now the Causal Fortress has also been constructed with a lower body, and it sits solemnly in a cross-legged posture above the cosmic starry sky.

The Divine Kingdom's fleet, densely packed with ships, remained in outer space, while the rest of its forces were concentrated in the Causal Fortress.

Today, in a desolate region of the Earth, a pillar of light formed by the power of true words suddenly rose from the ground and shot straight into the sky.

Within that blazing pillar of light, a man roared.

Ashura, one of the Eight Gods Generals, crawled out of hell and returned to the human world at this moment.

He was shirtless, his arms were completely encased in metal, his body was covered in patterns, and his eyes shone with a white light, making it impossible to see the pupils.

The anger, which seemed to have become completely materialized, or rather, a part of his body, clung to him and seemed never to dissipate.

The moment Asura reappeared in the human world, the killing intent of the entire world erupted and boiled over.

Among the three elements of Heaven, Earth, and Man, the killing intent belonging to Man has returned to its proper place.

Skadi, who was sitting on the moon, suddenly opened her eyes and immediately looked at her home planet Earth, which was churning with storms. At that moment, she also sensed that revenge was about to begin.

The revenge belonging to [human beings], and the revenge belonging to the entire [heaven] and [earth], began to operate as a whole.

"Asura, you're back."

Seeing the man who had been resurrected and returned to Earth, Skadi finally understood that Ashura was an existence that was meant to resonate with the entire universe and launch a "revenge".

If Asura, representing "humanity," seeks revenge against the divine kingdom that killed his wife and took his daughter, then who will "heaven" and "earth" seek revenge against?

At this moment, Ashura himself on Earth did nothing, nor did he show any signs of agitation. He simply looked around blankly, his eyes, which shone with white light, filled with a hint of curiosity.

Twelve thousand years have passed, and Ashura, who returned from the Netherworld, has long since lost his memories.

Even after returning to the human world, he forgot why he had come back in the first place.

That is why he had to search. Asura could strongly sense that he had returned to the human world because he wanted something, or rather, he wanted to find something he had lost.

On some desolate wasteland, Ashura, draped in a tattered cloak, walks alone across the land, witnessing firsthand the world twelve thousand years in the future.

"You've calmed down a bit, Ashura. How does the world compare to the era you lived in?"

[There's thunder in the distance, did you see it? Crimson lightning, a testament to the demon-slaying spirit that hasn't been eradicated even in this day and age.]

"Um......"

Despite the incessant chatter in his ears, Ashura's cold and stern face showed no impatience, and he remained silent.

Contrary to what the Golden Spider said, Asura only sees the world through his own eyes.

Hearing about exorcising demons also triggered him, and he immediately remembered that the earth monster that was once his enemy and needed to be exterminated.

However, Ashura cared more about other things than demon-slaying.

for example.......

[Hmm, are you more concerned about what the gods are doing these days? For example... what's going on over there?]

Ashura arrived at the edge of a cliff and looked down slightly to see a somewhat dilapidated city below.

The scene that unfolds before our eyes is one of countless people working together to rebuild their homes. Although most of the city has been reduced to ruins, the remaining people have faces filled with both relief and sorrow.

Meanwhile, Ashura looked around and saw wrecked golden ships lying several kilometers away from the city, the land covered in darkness and an ominous, scarlet aura.

The land over there has been polluted.

"This was done by the demon-slaying demon..."

Upon seeing this scene, which was so familiar that it was almost unbearable, Asura, who had experienced countless battles and seen countless post-war ruins, immediately thought of demon slaying.

The only thing that made Asura feel different was that the humans in his fragmented memories didn't have a glimmer of light in their eyes like the humans of today.

In Ashura's fragmented memories, the humans on Earth lived precarious lives, their faces mostly showing numbness.

However, in the eyes of humankind today, there is a glimmer of hope for tomorrow and even the future, something that humankind never had before.

Curious about this, Ashura immediately headed towards the city that was being rebuilt.

In this city still undergoing post-war reconstruction, he confirmed everything he saw. Compared to 12,000 years ago, the humans on Earth were indeed different.

Suddenly, Ashura also saw several people wailing in pain, as well as several elderly people and children who were on the verge of death, being carried one after another to a certain place.

By staring at the dark red stains on the skin of those people, Ashura was certain that they had been corrupted by the power of demon-slaying and were doomed.

[Hahaha, a lot of interesting things have happened in the past twelve thousand years, Ashura. Who might not have died?]

"...Aren't we going to free them?"

Hearing the golden spider's amused words, Ashura frowned slightly. He thought the people who had been carried away earlier were going to be euthanized.

In the fragments of his memory, once infected by the power of exorcism, one must either have the infected part of the body removed.

If the infection spreads to major parts of the body, then there's nothing you can do but wait to die, or simply die.

Being infected by that power will cause unbearable pain; if you don't want to die in agony, the only way is to end it prematurely.

Follow them and see for yourself, Ashura. Use your eyes to witness the changes in this world.

The Golden Spider spoke in a lazy tone, not bothering to explain anything to Ashura in detail, but instead telling him to see for himself.

In response, Ashura pulled up his cloak to cover the lower half of his face and silently followed the group that had been there before.

Before long, Ashura saw the group of people carrying all those corrupted by the demons into a somewhat dilapidated temple.

Judging from the damage to the temple, it wasn't long ago; it seems the damage was caused by a demon-slaying ritual.

As Asura followed the group into the temple, the first thing he saw was a woman with her eyes closed, sitting cross-legged on a stone platform like a Buddha or Bodhisattva.

"That's... an instrument from the Kingdom of God!"

The female deity statue in front of him looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place it. However, when Ashura looked closely at the damaged parts of the statue, he immediately saw the machine inside.

Outside were statues of gods, while inside were instruments. Ashura could sense a strange mantra energy circulating within them.

The group of humans who arrived at the temple laid down the injured who had been infected by the demon, and then knelt down and prayed devoutly to the statue of the god.

As each human being devoutly prayed to the statue, the power of the mantra within the statue seemed to be activated.

Soon, golden rays of mantra power condensed before Ashura's eyes, spreading to those who were infected by the power of demon subjugation.

The pitch-black color, like a maggot clinging to a bone, under the illumination of this radiant power of the mantra, began to evaporate like water, turning into wisps of black smoke that rose and disappeared from the body.

"This is......."

Upon seeing this scene, Ashura's mind went blank as if he had been stimulated, as if he had witnessed something unbelievable.

He knew very well that in his memory, not only humans infected with the demon-slaying aura, but even gods would suffer torment and die if they did not make a drastic sacrifice.

Therefore, the scene of the demon being subdued and the pollution being purified greatly impacted his mind.